Did they have to get Katie Couric's permission to use her in the Republican lipstick ad?

Phoebe Loosinhouse

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Wed Sep-10-08 05:37 PM
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Did they have to get Katie Couric's permission to use her in the Republican lipstick ad?

Most people don't use a celebrity unless they have their specific permission. They used a great big honking picture of her in the lipstick ad from the brief glimpse I was able to catch on CNN before they cut away. We already know about the Couric/McCain lovefest because of her unethical and unprofessional and deceptive so -called "interview" ha ha ha ha where she swapped one answer for another.

So did she give her permission, yes or no?

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justiceischeap

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Wed Sep-10-08 05:37 PM
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1. No and she's pissed. I'll find the link for ya.

Edited on Wed Sep-10-08 05:38 PM by thecorrection

http://tpmelectioncentral.talkingpointsmemo.com/2008/09/cbs_faults_mccain_ad_featuring.php

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DemFromMem

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Wed Sep-10-08 05:38 PM
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2. I think CBS forced them to take down the ad

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kirby

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Wed Sep-10-08 05:38 PM
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3. Why should they have to get permission?

Why shouldn't a small 5-8 seconds clip fall under Copyright Fair Use provisions?

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aint_no_life_nowhere

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Wed Sep-10-08 05:39 PM
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4. I believe CBS said they didn't have permission

I heard a story (on CNN? I don't remember where) this morning about how the McCain campaign was running their ad on the website of CBS. CBS then took it down, with a public statement that they never gave their permission to feature Couric and that Couric could not be used to endorse either campaign as she is a neutral news anchor.

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